Informative Speech On Vaccination

As an intern at the Oregon Health Authority’s office I am required to inform you about the 2016 Health law changes in October. As you may know, our laws are changing and vaccinations will be mandated in the state of Oregon. The law that passed on March 1, 2014 will be removed and every child must be required to have appropriate vaccinations to attend any school. Without pertinent immunization, students will be removed from any public school and will not return until all required immunizations have been received. I am sorry to take away the privileges from our students but public health comes first.

Immunization is the top way of putting an end to a significant disease. If every student gets vaccinated, we will reduce the risk of that disease. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Diseases are becoming rare due to vaccinations … they are becoming rare largely because we have been vaccinating against them” (Source 4). By getting vaccinated we do not only get ourselves protected, we can accomplish the elimination of many diseases as a team. Not only does immunizing your child protect them, but it will help protect their future children. As reported by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “ If we keep vaccinating now, parents in the
By changing the law we ensure our community is safe, not only do we help save the life of one child but we save the life of an entire community. Aside from mandatory immunizations, it is better to be preventing than treating. For the reason that, one child that did not get vaccinated spread the harmful infection. I believe in this because of immunizations many diseases have been abolished. Many diseases have also not been heard of as much because vaccinations put a barrier from them infecting our nation. As a parent, we must know what immunizations are children are required and what age they are